The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01

ing the punishment either by expulsion
suspension Or reprimand by the board
Sec. 6. In case Of an appeal all tho Nv
ceedings in the trial with the testimnnr
properly Transcribed from the rncory,
shall be transmitted to the next ment;n"
Of the county or State or National boarGS
as the case may be, with the signatures ~
the board and lecturer Whenever a No.
son is convicted in aIsubordinate AlIianoo
and appeal is taken, the secretary Of tbo
subordinate Alliance may still assist aU
prosecuting attorney If deemed necessary
Sec. Z. Any member suspended On
charges can be reinstated only by a two-
thirds vote after n months notice On
application in open Alliance at a stated
meeting.
Sec. 8. Any member expelled can ho
reinstated only by application as in the
proceeding section, and the same ballot
required as on petition for membership
into the order.
ARTICLE VIII.
Sec. l. There shall be elected at each
annual meeting of the State Alliance, one
executive committeeman to hold three
years, whose duty, with the two holding
over, shall be to examine the books Of
the secretary and treasurer, and to report
on their condition to the State Alliance
with an itemized statement of all receints
and disbursements for the year ending on
and including the 3lst day of July in
each year.
Sec. 2. They shall supervise suitable
bonds for the secretary and treasurer. and
approve the same, they shall audit all
claims, and if allowed, to notify the secre-
tary who shall draw his warrant on the
treasurer for the amount so allowed, and
all warrants drawn on the treasurer shall
be signed by the secretary and approved
by the president.
Sec. 3. The executive committee shall
have power to prepare suitable bonds for
county and State business agents, and ap-
prove the same, and to increase, diminish
or cancel said bonds; to dismiss and ap-
point a new business agent, when the
good Of the Alliance demands by reason
of ineficiency, or a failure on the part of
the agent to perform his duties and to fix
his salary; provided that the bonds of
the county business agents shall be first
approved by the county executive CON-
mlttee.
ARTICLE TX.
Sec. l. There shall be one organizing
officer, to be appointed by the executive
committee Of the State Alliance, with the
concurrence of the president, to be known
and designated as lecturer and organizer
for the State at large. He shall be paid
a salary not to exceed So per diem, with
actual necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of his official duties.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be his duty as lecturer
and organize for the State, to proceed at
once under the direction of the president
to the work of organizing the State. 1t
shall be his duty, upon the organization
of a county Alliance, to appoint and com
mission not more than two organizers for
the said county, and he shall have author
ity to remove the same, for sufficient
reasons, said reasons to. be reported by
him to the president of the State Alliance,
and he shall be responsible for the work
of all deputies S o appointed by him. He
shall have authority, and it shall be his
duty, to correct all irregularities in the
work, secret or otherwise. 1t shall be his
duty with the advice and consent of the
president to select the most convenient
point in a Congressional district, where
he shall call an annual meeting of the
county organizers to investigate the con-
dition Of the Alliance and the character
Of the work within their respective juriS-
dictions, and it shall be the duty of the
ever, practicable, to be present at these
meetings.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
county organizers to report at the end OF
each month through the organ Of the
State Alliance the name and number of
each Alliance organized, together with
the name and p~ostofice address Of the
secretary and business agent of each, with
such other information pertaining to the
condition and progress of the order as
would be of general interest to the mem
bership. The lecturer and organizer for
the State shall also report. through the
organ of the State Alliance, the progress
of his work, the number and name OF
each Alliance organized by him to-
gether with the name of the president, the
name and postoffice address of. the secre,
tary and business agent of each. He shall
also report to the secretary Of the State
Alliance regularly at the end of each
month, a detailed statement of the work
performed by him, which shall be EN-,
braced, in condensed form, in the annual
report of the secretary of the State
Alliance, made at it's regular meetings;
He shall render quarterly an itemlzed
statement of his actual necessary travel
ing expenses which shall be audited by
the State executive committee.
Sec. 4. Whenever an Alliance shall be-
come defunct, any member in good stand
ipr holopr;pr to cold dof,,nct Alliance